Product Counsel

Skydio; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Skydio is seeking a Product Counsel to join its world-class Legal team. The role spans IP, compliance, and commercial matters and requires partnering with software engineering, marketing, and business teams to shape current and future products.

You will develop product legal strategy, serve as go-to counsel for marketing, product, and software engineering, and help build scalable processes to automate work and improve self-service while becoming an expert in Skydio flying robots.

Qualifications

• Holds a JD and is admitted to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 5+ years in-house generalist or product counsel experience.
• Experience with both hardware and software; comfortable with ambiguity.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration across engineering, marketing, and executives.

Responsibilities

• Advise on product legal strategy across all Skydio products.
• Go-to counsel for select teams like marketing, product, and software engineering.
• Develop processes to automate, encourage self-service, and scale legal work.

Skills

JD/Law degree

US jurisdiction admission

In-house product counsel

Hardware experience

Software experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Prioritization/Triage

Project management

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

• We’re seeking a Product Counsel to join Skydio’s world-class Legal team. This role demands general legal acumen across IP, compliance, and commercial, and the humility to know when to call for backup
• In this role, you will work closely with our software engineering, marketing, and other technical and business teams and will be instrumental in shaping current and future products and ensuring product compliance across verticals at home and abroad
• Help develop and execute product legal strategy across all products
• Go-to counsel and lawyer for select teams like marketing, product, and software engineering
• Build and foster relationships across the org, from software engineers to execs
• Contribute to Skydio’s entrepreneurial culture by exploring fresh ideas, identifying risk areas, and finding smart, creative ways to address them
• Adopt tools and create processes to automate, encourage self-service, and work efficiently
• Become an expert in flying robots

This is a role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, who values creativity, autonomy, and collaboration, who loves the product, and who likes to roll up their sleeves, own the outcome, and work shoulder-to-shoulder in the trenches with engineers and execs alikeYou hold a JD and are admitted to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdictionYou know how to triage and ruthlessly prioritizeYou manage multiple projects with competing deadlines, maintaining a high standard of accuracy and follow-throughYou have experience with both hardware and softwareYou’re comfortable with ambiguity, eager to problem solve, and take the initiative to drive projects to completionYou have 5+ years of in-house experience as a generalist or product counselYou thrive in collaborative settings, understanding that building strong relationships across departments is vital to successExperience with international, federal, state and local government as customers is ideal.